Applications Developer (O & M Software Cycle)
Ardent Principles, Inc. · Chantilly, VA
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Jul 15, 2026
Chantilly, VA
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level applications developer role focused on the full operations-and-maintenance software lifecycle for secure, accredited systems. Day-to-day work spans trouble ticket management, testing, feature deployment, and UI development using tools such as ServiceNow, Cognos, SPSS, Oracle SQL, and web frameworks including Angular and Ruby on Rails. The role also involves managing Linux and Windows cloud infrastructure, meeting Section 508 accessibility standards, and navigating HR-related datasets — requiring an active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph.
Senior level · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $158,337 (middle half $126,441–$180,105).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (11)
The posting titles this role 'Applications Developer (SME level)' — 'SME' is a seniority descriptor used by the firm but does not map to a standard career-ladder level; the breadth and depth of required skills (O&M lifecycle, accreditation, cloud infrastructure, multiple frameworks) support a Senior classification.
An active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph is an explicit hard gate stated at the top of the posting.
Angular is listed alongside 'JavaScript/JQuery/AJAX, HTML/CSS … or similar frameworks' — the 'or similar' qualifier means the specific UI framework is interchangeable, but UI framework experience itself is a hard gate. Angular is captured as the named example; alternatives were not individually named.
Section 508 and WCAG accessibility standards are combined into one skill as they are listed together as a single compliance requirement.
ICD-503 (the IC accreditation process) is listed as a required skill; this is a government/IC-specific process rather than a commercial tool.
ServiceNow Certification is listed under 'Highly Desired' — not a hard gate.
Tableau and Power BI appear only under 'Highly Desired Qualifications' and are listed as alternatives to each other.
RMF and Agile appear only under 'Highly Desired Qualifications'.
No compensation figures are provided; salary is described only as 'highly competitive'.
The alt SOC (15-1211 Computer Systems Analysts) is noted because a significant portion of the role involves O&M lifecycle management, trouble ticketing, and working with HR datasets — but the primary day-to-day work is clearly application development across multiple frameworks.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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